Armed prisoner who fled Virginia hospital captured in Washington
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An armed prisoner who fled a suburban Washington hospital with a guard’s gun on Tuesday was recaptured in the U.S. capital after a nine-hour manhunt, police said.
Washington school shooter’s father charged with illegal gun possession
(Reuters) – The father of a teenager who fatally shot four classmates then killed himself at a Washington state high school last year was arrested on Tuesday and charged with illegally purchasing the handgun used in the rampage, federal prosecutors sai…
New York doctors accused of using free shoes offer to defraud Medicaid
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Twenty-three New York City doctors and medical workers have been charged with running an insurance fraud scheme in which they persuaded homeless and poor people to get unnecessary medical testing with promises of free shoes, prosec…
Fraternity at Maryland university suspended over hazing
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Maryland’s Salisbury University has suspended a fraternity over allegations of hazing that include members paddling pledges and forcing them to exercise, a school official said on Tuesday.
Report of armed intruder in New Jersey school a hoax: investigators
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A report of an armed intruder that forced the evacuation of a New Jersey elementary school on Tuesday is being treated as a hoax, law enforcement officials said.
U.S. approval moves Shell a step closer to Arctic drilling
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Interior Department on Tuesday upheld a 2008 lease sale in the Chukchi Sea off Alaska, moving Royal Dutch Shell a step closer to returning to oil and gas exploration in the Arctic since it suffered mishaps in the region …
Driver slain at U.S. spy agency was Baltimore man with criminal record
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Baltimore man with a criminal record was the driver shot dead by National Security Agency guards when he and another man, dressed as women, tried to crash their stolen SUV into the spy agency’s gates, according to court records…
Boston bombing defense rests after detailing brother’s research
BOSTON (Reuters) – Lawyers for accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev wrapped up their case on Tuesday after calling only four witnesses over two days.
Boston police investigating overnight fire and fatal shooting
BOSTON (Reuters) – Boston police are investigating an incident in which officers responding to an overnight call arrived at a flaming apartment building to discover a man who had been shot dead and an injured woman, a police spokeswoman said on Tuesday…
Mother of missing New York boy appears at trial of accused killer
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The mother of a New York boy missing since 1979 took the witness stand in the trial of his accused murderer on Tuesday, telling the jury that she has avoided the courtroom out of fear the descriptions of the crime would leave her s…
